Advanced Search 
「見立三十六句撰」 「遠藤武者盛遠」四代目市川小団次、「渡辺亘」二代目片岡我童
Actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Endô Musha Moritô and Kataoka Gadô II as Watanabe Wataru, from the series Matches for Thirty-six Selected Poems (Mitate sanjûrokku sen)
「見立三十六句撰」 「遠藤武者盛遠」四代目市川小団次、「渡辺亘」二代目片岡我童
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Other artist: Miyagi Gengyo (Japanese, 1817–1880)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Japanese)
Other artist: Miyagi Gengyo (Japanese, 1817–1880)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 3), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.4 x 24.4 cm (13 15/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.30068
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Osaka Castle Museum, Mitate no sekai (exh. cat., 2004), #29
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.21884, 11.25092, 11.30028, 11.30068
Signed
Kôchôrô Toyokuni hitsu; Gengyo (on inset)
香蝶楼豊国筆、玄魚
香蝶楼豊国筆、玄魚
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 11
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、辰十一
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、辰十一
彫師：なし
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.